ix, 373 p. : 23 cm

Reprint. Originally published: London : Atlantic Books, 2005

Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 333-353), and indexes

Introduction. Hello, Miles -- Birth of the cool : 1926-52. Birth of the cool -- Steamin' : 1952-6. Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet -- Like nobody else : 1956-7. Miles ahead -- Scales and tones : 1957-8. Milestones ; Porgy and Bess -- So what? : 1958-9. Kind Of blue -- I'm going out to hear Miles : 1959-62. In person Friday night at The Blackhawk ; In person Saturday night at The Blackhawk -- All the rockets taking off : 1963-6. The complete Live at The Plugged Nickel -- A fine madness : 1966-7. Nefertiti -- A portion of the music inadvertently gets repeated : 1967-9. In a silent way -- He didn't erase anything : 1969-70. Bitches brew -- Dark, dark : 1970-75. Agharta -- Tais-toi some of this! : 1975-85. You're under arrest -- White, yellow, orange, red ... : 1985-8. Aura -- They offered me a lot of money : 1989-91. Live at Montreux -- Outro. Goodbye, Miles : 1991

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